The fancy robot arm that your neighborhood's garbage truck is likely to use has a name other than "the claw," which is what I've called it for years. These robot arms are actually called automated ...

The days of waiting for the garbage truck to roll down the street, breaking the early morning silence, could come to an end in some neighborhoods with an Oshkosh Corp. robot that comes to your home, ...

Robots aren't just lining up to do dangerous jobs such as helping police, fighting fires or assisting in disaster zones. They may wind up taking out the trash, too. Researchers at Cornell University ...